International Journal of Dentistry

Review Article

Use of Cone Beam Computed Tomography in Endodontics

Table 3

Reported Comparative Radiation Effective Dose () for Limited, “Focused” or Small FOV CBCT Systems.


				Dose

			Absolute	Comparative

CBCT unit	Ref.	Technique	Effective dose (Sv)	Digital panoramic equivalent	No. of days of annual per capita background

Kodak 9000 3D	[30]	Mx Post/Mx Ant/Mn Post/Mn Ant	9.8/5.3/38.3/21.7	.7/.4/2.7/1.6	1.2/.6/4.7/2.6
PreXion 3D	[18]	Standard/High Res	189/388	13.5/27.7	23/47
ProMax 3D	[18]	Small/Large	488/652	35/47	59/79
3D Accuitomo	[23]	Ant ( cm/ cm)	20/43	1.4/3.1	2.5/5.2
	[24]	Min (Mn PM)—Max (Mn 3rd Mol)	11–77	.8–5.5	2.5–5.2
	[19]	Mx (Ant/PM/Mol)	29/44/29	2/3.2/2	3.5/5.3/3.5
		Mn (Ant/PM/Mol)	13/22/29	.9/1.6/2	1.6/2.7/3.5
	[17]	II/FPD Large/FPD Small	30/102/50	2.1/7.3/3.6	3.6/12.4/6
Veraview	[23]	Ant ( cm/ cm/pan + cm)	31/40/30	2.2/2.9/2.1	3.8/4.9/3.6
	[25]	cm	2.9	.2	.06

Using 2007 ICRP calculations.
Median of published effective dose for digital dental panoramic radiography = 14 Sv.
Annual per capita = 3.0 mSv (3,000 Sv) per annum.